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The meaning of ecstasy

Simon Critchley’s On Mysticism shows how the language of religious rapture can help us teach us how to live.

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By Amanda Craig

Our finest living social novelist has made it his mission to disrupt the sexual and literary status quo.

By Nicholas Harris

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By Michael Prodger, Anna Leszkiewicz, Megan Kenyon and Zuzanna Lachendro

Over 24 novels, the bruised Louisiana detectives Robicheaux and Purcel have become one of crime writing’s great partnerships.

By Michael Henderson

The great neurologist offered a lesson in treating our fellow humans with care and true attention.

By Erica Wagner

The vicious battle of ideas behind the continent's World Wars has migrated East.

By Tanjil Rashid

The former chancellor’s memoir Freedom reveals how her childhood in East Germany helped forge a doctrine of moral decency and…

By Nicola Sturgeon